The Nazareth Village Museum or simply the "Nazareth Village" or "Nazareth Museum" is an open-air museum in the city of Nazareth, Israel/Palestine, that reconstructs and reenacts village life in the Galilee in the time of Jesus. It features a number of historical structures and real life enactors illustrating the day-to-day life in the first century CE Nazareth.
The "Nazareth Village", also called the "Nazareth Village Farm", is a reconstructed site that portrays life in a setting of Jewish agricultural village during the first century CE or Early Roman period. The village museum occupies an area of approx six-hectare plot in modern Nazareth, and features props based on historical and archaeological findings fromexcavations and historical research. These include, a 2,000-year-old wine press, terraced farmland, an ancient irrigation system, potter's workshop, and a synagogue-temple. These features depict the area as it would have been a working agricultural settlement in the first century CE. These exhibits, combined with analysis of other historical records and materials, have guided the recreation of a historically accurate depiction of the village, reflecting its cultural and economic practices. This initiative is supported by ongoing research and conservation efforts to provide insight into ancient Nazareth's architectural and agricultural traditions.
circa 2000 CE
The Nazareth village was founded in 2000 CE by the EMMS Nazareth Hospital. It features houses, terraced fields, wine and olive presses all built to resemble those that would have been in a Galilee village in the first century CE. Muslim and Christian living history enactors dress in period costume and show visitors how farm, domestic, and craft work was performed two thousand years ago.
circa 2000 CE
The exhibits at the Nazareth museum include;
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